Things fueling my dissertation

• dark chocolate
• Aretha Franklin tunes
• ginger tea
• stretching on yoga mat & yoga ball
• walks around the block to 'get out of my head' for a minute
• cold weather attire to combat the office A/C--I keep a sarong, long sleeve shirt and socks on hand
• Pandora radio. Especially when it says 'We're sorry. We'll never play that song again.'
• Conversations like this with my office mate Josh:
  

  "You know what you should do, Leigh Ann? Whenever you get off task, you should do 50 sit ups. You would be so ripped."
  "Josh, I would be an exercise bulimic with a concave stomach and an unfinished dissertation."
  

"I went to Sunglasses Hut to buy sunglasses like Barack Obama wears. They cost $164 so
I'm going to wait and see if he wins first before I buy them."